Package org.gradle.api.artifacts

# Interface ClientModule

All Superinterfaces:
  `Dependency`, `ExternalDependency`, `ExternalModuleDependency`, `HasAttributes`, `HasConfigurableAttributes<ModuleDependency>`, `ModuleDependency`, `ModuleVersionSelector`

@Deprecated public interface ClientModule extends ExternalModuleDependency
Deprecated.
To model a module in your dependency declarations. Usually you can either declare a single dependency artifact or you declare a module dependency that depends on a module descriptor in a repository. With a client module you can declare a module dependency without the need of a module descriptor in a remote repository.

Client modules dependencies are deprecated and will be removed in Gradle 9.0. Please use component metadata rules instead.

See Also:
  - `DependencyHandler`

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency

  `ARCHIVES_CONFIGURATION, CLASSIFIER, DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `addDependency(ModuleDependency dependency)`
  Deprecated.
  Add a dependency to the client module.
  `ClientModule`
  `copy()`
  Deprecated.
  Creates and returns a new dependency with the property values of this one.
  `Set<ModuleDependency>`
  `getDependencies()`
  Deprecated.
  Returns all the dependencies added to the client module.
  `String`
  `getId()`
  Deprecated.
  Returns the id of the client module.

  ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency

  `because, contentEquals, getGroup, getName, getReason, getVersion`

  ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ExternalDependency

  `getVersionConstraint, isForce, version`

  ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ExternalModuleDependency

  `isChanging, setChanging`

  ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleDependency

  `addArtifact, artifact, artifact, attributes, capabilities, doNotEndorseStrictVersions, endorseStrictVersions, exclude, getArtifacts, getAttributes, getCapabilitySelectors, getExcludeRules, getRequestedCapabilities, getTargetConfiguration, isEndorsingStrictVersions, isTransitive, setTargetConfiguration, setTransitive`

  ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleVersionSelector

  `getGroup, getModule, getName, getVersion, matchesStrictly`

- ## Method Details

  - ### addDependency

    void addDependency(ModuleDependency dependency)
    Deprecated.
    Add a dependency to the client module. Such a dependency is transitive dependency for the project that has a dependency on the client module.
    Parameters:
      `dependency` - The dependency to add to the client module.
    See Also:
      - `getDependencies()`

  - ### getId

    String getId()
    Deprecated.
    Returns the id of the client module. This is usually only used for internal handling of the client module.
    Returns:
      The id of the client module

  - ### getDependencies

    Set<ModuleDependency> getDependencies()
    Deprecated.
    Returns all the dependencies added to the client module.
    See Also:
      - `addDependency(ModuleDependency)`

  - ### copy

    ClientModule copy()
    Deprecated.
    Creates and returns a new dependency with the property values of this one.
    Specified by:
      `copy` in interface `Dependency`
    Specified by:
      `copy` in interface `ExternalDependency`
    Specified by:
      `copy` in interface `ExternalModuleDependency`
    Specified by:
      `copy` in interface `ModuleDependency`
    Returns:
      The copy. Never returns null.